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Synopsis

Liam Neeson returns as Bryan Mills, the ex-CIA operative who stopped at nothing to rescue his daughter from sadistic kidnappers. When the father of one of the kidnappers swears revenge, it is Bryan and his wife who find themselves taken hostage in Istanbul. To survive, Bryan must enlist the help of an unlikely ally and use his brutally efficient skills to take out his heavily-armed foes one by one.

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Richard Roeper

A sloppy, lazy, unintentionally laughable sequel.

Andrew O'Hehir

A meta-American movie, a Godardian spoof of the whole genre, an attempt to see how stupid and insulting a motion picture can be and still be a big hit.

James Berardinelli

Taken 2 is more of the same, except a little bigger, a little dumber, and a little less invigorating.

Dana Stevens

So lazily put together that it relies on flashbacks from its predecessor for the majority of its character development.

Charles Gant

Neeson, despite having turned 60 in June, looks spritely enough in the role, and more than capable of another go-round should Taken 2 match its predecessor's success.

Mick LaSalle

As much as this picture is action driven, its greatest delights are grounded in personality, in the fun of having a protagonist who combines homespun values with velociraptor functionality.

Taken was a tough act to follow. Unfortunately, Taken 2 fell short on most of the basics of a movie. The story is dry, very predictable, and short. Within a few scenes, Liam Neeson is back into some action. Not so much that its too soon, but with what story they gave you, the entire movie felt just like a chase and lots of frays. Thankfully Taken 3 takes care of all of those mishaps, but that's another review to be written.

Sooo boring. I went to see this with so much excitement. I LOVED the first one. But this garbage....no creativity no originality. it's Taken...AGAIN. "Hey guess what we took a different member of your family. Time to do the exact same stuff in this movie except in a different city and with the time frame of an afternoon instead of a couple of days so no room to tell any story at all!" Disappointing.

Nothing like the 1st movie. The acting is not as good as in the prequel. Main character seems more terminator like. In the 1st movie you can actually feel his desperation to find his little girl. In this one he lacks emotion. Also, the plot is lame. For the bad guy, it is sad when they give a good actor a poorly developed role with a lame script. Overall good actors in an under cooked script. Still somewhat entertaining. Good to rent, bad to see in the theater.

Disappointing. The first Taken was really good, so I was looking forward to sequel. After leaving the movie theater, I was very disappointed. The plot was ☝ dimensional. Same plot from the first Taken & a weak villain. If they would have casted William Dafoe, Kevin Spacey or Christopher Walken as the main villain, this movie would have been halfway entertaining. A new storyline would have been great as well. Overall, I didn't care for Taken 2. I can't believe they made another movie!?

Took me for a great ride in #1 then just took my money in #2 This one lacked the creativity of the first one. None of the tension or drama carried over. The first was a thrill ride with clever writing and twists while this was simply a slow, dull ride.

Ok It was almost a complete rehash of the original. If all you care about is Liam Neeson killing baddies with a high body count, then it is a solid rental. The "You're going to be taken" shtick is repetitive, but I assume that is for people who didn't see the first one. The Embassy scene was highly unrealistic and anyone who follows world events knows that the car would have been shot up until the motor was blown and occupants dead. You expect Neeson's buds to join, but they leave him as if it's normal.

Taken 2 I'm sorry some movies should not have a second or third. Yes I will spoil it for you people who want to watch the third installment of this movie don't waste your time. There only needed to be one of these and that one was great.

Great Movie, but not as good as the first. Definitely a good watch but not as interesting and at the edge of your seat like the first one. I think that might be the case because you can pretty much guess what's going to happen and how it's going happen. Regardless, if you're a fan of the first one then I don't see how you wouldn't want to see the second one. I'd suggest rent before you actually buy.

Boring The whole movie is just about how badass dad he is. Who throws grenades in the middle of the street just like that? Can you really just drive a car into US embassy without being shred to pieces by a machine gun?

Taken again This is a pretty good movie. The first was a lot better but this feels repetitive. The third was better but I don't get why critics hate these movies. Nothing is wrong with them besides the fact that this one feels repetitive. But the first and third have no problems. 7 out of 10

Wasn't the first, but wasn't bad It certainly didn't have the flavor of the first, and the fight scenes definitely showed Neeson's age. However, it made a little sense at the end why they were the way they were. All in all a good show, would recommend for anyone who liked the first.

TAKEN my money One was way better, when the story was fresh. I mean how many times can you make a film about a family member getting kidnapped and you go rescue them. At least make it a lil different, put some better twists to it bro. Liam is always awesome though.